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1993 Det. C.L. Rev. 1221 (1993)
Keeping the Playing Field Level: The Implications, Effects and Application of the Nonstatutory Labor Exemption on the 1994 National Basketball Association Collective Bargaining Process

handle is hein.journals/mslr1993 and id is 1243 raw text is: KEEPING THE PLAYING FIELD LEVEL: THE IMPLICATIONS, EFFECTS AND APPLICATION OF THE NONSTATUTORY LABOR EXEMPTION ON THE 1994 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS Glen St.Louis* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................... 1222 1. HISTORY OF THE LABOR EXEMPTION IN PROFES- SIONAL FOOTBALL ........................................... 1227 A. History of NFL Player Restraints ............. 1227 B. M ackey v. NFL ...................................... 1230 C. Powell v. NFL ....................................... 1231 II. AN EXEMPTION BEYOND IMPASSE ENCOURAGES AN- TITRUST LITIGATION ........................................ 1239 A. The Labor Exemption as an Accommodation and the Conflict with Labor Policy ........... 1239 B. Brown v. NFL ....................................... 1242 III. THE EFFECT OF THE EXEMPTION'S SCOPE AND ITS IMPLICATION TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS ....................................................... 1245 A. NFL Players Association and Bargaining Position ................................................. 1245 B. Professional Basketball and its Economic Structure ................................................ 1248 C. Basketball Players' Choice of Restraints and Bargaining History .................................. 1250 D. The Application of Brown and Powell to the NBA Bargaining Process .......................... 1260 * B.S., University of Oregon, 1985; J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, 1993.

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